A Super Bowl party for Raelyn, a child with leukemia

Mackellar opening his Shady Canyon home in Irvine to benefit friend and her family.

January 30, 2013|By Steve Virgen

(Courtesy of Diamond…)

The Harbaugh brothers and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis are popular stories leading up to Super Bowl XLVII.

The stories are hardly important to Greg and Rebecca Beckler of Orange County. Their attention is on Raelyn Beckler, their toddler daughter who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia a year ago. However, the Big Game remains relevant in their lives.

That's because friends and family are ready to support Raelyn with a Super Bowl party on Sunday.

Mike Mackellar, one of the Beckler's friends, has offered his Shady Canyon home in Irvine as the site of party central for the NFL championship game that features the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens.